LXR linux/REPORTING-BUGS

   1[Some of this is taken from Frohwalt Egerer's original linux-kernel FAQ]
   2
   3     What follows is a suggested procedure for reporting Linux bugs. You
   4aren't obliged to use the bug reporting format, it is provided as a guide
   5to the kind of information that can be useful to developers - no more.
   6
   7     If the failure includes an "OOPS:" type message in your log or on
   8screen please read "Documentation/oops-tracing.txt" before posting your
   9bug report. This explains what you should do with the "Oops" information
  10to make it useful to the recipient.
  11
  12      Send the output to the maintainer of the kernel area that seems to
  13be involved with the problem, and cc the relevant mailing list. Don't
  14worry too much about getting the wrong person. If you are unsure send it
  15to the person responsible for the code relevant to what you were doing.
  16If it occurs repeatably try and describe how to recreate it. That is
  17worth even more than the oops itself.  The list of maintainers and
  18mailing lists is in the MAINTAINERS file in this directory.  If you
  19know the file name that causes the problem you can use the following
  20command in this directory to find some of the maintainers of that file:
  21     perl scripts/get_maintainer.pl -f <filename>
  22
  23      If it is a security bug, please copy the Security Contact listed
  24in the MAINTAINERS file.  They can help coordinate bugfix and disclosure.
  25See Documentation/SecurityBugs for more information.
  26
  27      If you are totally stumped as to whom to send the report, send it to
  28linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org. (For more information on the linux-kernel
  29mailing list see http://www.tux.org/lkml/).
  30
  31This is a suggested format for a bug report sent to the Linux kernel mailing
  32list. Having a standardized bug report form makes it easier for you not to
  33overlook things, and easier for the developers to find the pieces of
  34information they're really interested in. Don't feel you have to follow it.
  35
  36      First run the ver_linux script included as scripts/ver_linux, which
  37reports the version of some important subsystems.  Run this script with
  38the command "sh scripts/ver_linux".
  39
  40Use that information to fill in all fields of the bug report form, and
  41post it to the mailing list with a subject of "PROBLEM: <one line
  42summary from [1.]>" for easy identification by the developers.
  43
  44[1.] One line summary of the problem:
  45[2.] Full description of the problem/report:
  46[3.] Keywords (i.e., modules, networking, kernel):
  47[4.] Kernel information
  48[4.1.] Kernel version (from /proc/version):
  49[4.2.] Kernel .config file:
  50[5.] Most recent kernel version which did not have the bug:
  51[6.] Output of Oops.. message (if applicable) with symbolic information
  52     resolved (see Documentation/oops-tracing.txt)
  53[7.] A small shell script or example program which triggers the
  54     problem (if possible)
  55[8.] Environment
  56[8.1.] Software (add the output of the ver_linux script here)
  57[8.2.] Processor information (from /proc/cpuinfo):
  58[8.3.] Module information (from /proc/modules):
  59[8.4.] Loaded driver and hardware information (/proc/ioports, /proc/iomem)
  60[8.5.] PCI information ('lspci -vvv' as root)
  61[8.6.] SCSI information (from /proc/scsi/scsi)
  62[8.7.] Other information that might be relevant to the problem
  63       (please look in /proc and include all information that you
  64       think to be relevant):
  65[X.] Other notes, patches, fixes, workarounds:
  66
  67
  68Thank you
  69